Eugenie Bouchard takes fan on date after Super Bowl Twitter bet

In a storyline which will give many hope that dreams can come true, the Canadian has honored a bet she made with an opportunistic sports fan by taking him on a date in New York.

Bouchard backed the wrong team during the Super Bowl earlier this month, predicting on Twitter that the Atlanta Falcons would win when they were 21-0 up against New England Patriots.

Patriots fan John Goehrke challenged the 22-year-old, cheekily wagering that the pair go on a date should the Patriots win.

In a thrilling final, the Patriots -- trailing 28-3 with a little over a quarter to play -- produced an astonishing comeback, overcoming the biggest points deficit in Super Bowl history to defeat the Falcons 34-28 in overtime.

And on Wednesday Bouchard kept her promise, taking her 20-year-old blind date to an NBA game.

The 2014 Wimbledon finalist tweeted a video of herself and Goehrke as the pair watched the Brooklyn Nets took on the Milwaukee Bucks.

At halftime, Bouchard described her evening as "awesome".

She told YES network: "It's going great -- he's normal.

"I was a little worried because his Twitter picture profile picture was a picture of Tiger Woods and I thought 'oh my God, he's one of those super-fans. I don't even know what he looks like.'